Retainer for ladies&#39; cape-collars



RETAINER FOR LADIES CAPE C0 APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, I919.

Patented Nov. 1, 192 1.

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UNITED STATES MAGDALENA DE LOs S. ENRIQUEZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RETAINER FOR LADIES CAPE-COLLARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Application filed June 20, 1919. Serial No. 305,660.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAGDALENA DE LOS S. ENRIQUEZ, a citizen of Mexico, and a resident of New 1 ork city, in the county and State of New 1 ork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Retainers for Ladies Cape-Collars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to retain the cape collar of a ladys dress in its lowered position and thereby avoid wrinkling or creasing the same when placing another garment in position over'the said collar; to provide a retainer of the character mentioned which may be operated by the person wearing the garment to which the collar is attached; and to provide a retainer of the character mentioned which is not bulky or cumbersome and which may be carried as a toilet accessory.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a view showing the front of a ladys waist which is provided with a cape collar, and a retainer constructed in ac cordance with the present invention as applied in service thereon.

Fig. 2 is a back view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a view of the retainer in its inactive position, and the members thereof extended pattern-wise.

Description.

The particular service for which the present retainer is designed is that of holding in position on the shoulders of a wearer, a cape collar, while an outer garment is being put on. The cape collars referred to are usually constructed of light flufly and easily creased material such as Georgette crape, chiffon or lighter "grades of silk.

When wrinkled or creased, the collars produce an untidy appearance, which it is the object of the present inventon to overcome. Difficulty is experienced when wearing collars of the character mentioned in order to avoid the wrinkling, to which attention has been drawn. The wearer seeks the expedient of securing the assistance of some other person to hold the collar while the garment is being placed in service. Such assistance is not always obtainable, with the consequence that the collars are wrinkled and disordered.

To overcome the above objection the retainer shown in the accompanying drawings is provided. is constructed from light material such as silk, and has a body portion 8 which fits over the shoulders of the wearer when installed in service, substantially, as shown 1n Fig. 2 of the drawings. The body 8 covers, totally or approximately, the collar 9 of the garment 17. Three extensions from the body 8 are provided, the throat extensions 10 and a waist extension 11.

As seen best in Figs. 1 and 3, the extenslons 10 are designed to extend in service about the neck of the wearer. The ends of these extensions are secured in service by any suitable fastening devices, such as the glove fasteners 12 and 13, shown in the drawings. It will be understood that these fasteners may be substituted by any of the well-known fasteners, such as hooks and eyes of usual construction, provided same may be desired.

The extension 11 is permanently attached to a belt 14. The belt 14 may be elastic or non-elastic as desired. As shown in the drawings, the belt is constructed from elastic tape and is provided at the ends with hooks and eyes 15 and 16 of usual construction.

It is obvious that the belt 14 may be constructed of ribbon which may be brought to the front of the waist and tied, as this serv ice is always temporary.

When constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, the retainer is employed as follows:

A person wearing a fluffy or light collar such as indicated by the numeral 9, takes the retainer and places the extensions 10 thereof around the neck, the body 8 falling over the shoulders and down the back. The fasteners 12 and 13 having been secured, the belt 14 is drawn around the waist to the front and there fastened, either using the hooks and eyes or other substituted fastening device. In this position it will be fmmrl the retainer is drawn snugly over the collar 9 and will therea ter hold the said collar firmly in place while the outer garment is being adjusted.

When the outer garment has been adjusted, the retainer is removed by, first, releasing the ends of the extensions 10 and and then undoing the belt 14 which is employed for drawing down, and from its service position, the retainer from under the outer garment.

It will be observed that in this operation, any tendency which the collar 9 has had to fold or grease, is again corrected, by the fact that the retainer is drawn over the said collar in a manner to eradicate any folds or creases which may have occurred during the installation of the retainer itself.

The retainer being thus removed from service is folded into a small package, which a lady may thereafter place in her handbag.

Claim.

A temporary retainer as characterized, comprising a body portion shaped to cover the rear of the shoulders and neck of the wearer, said body portion having two nonextensible cooperating throat portions for encompassing the neck of the wearer, a narrow waist extension pendant from said body portion, the end whereof is adapted to rest in service adjacent the waist of the wearer; a resilient belt permanently attached to said waist extenslon, the ends of said belt meet; ing for mutual engagement at the front of the person; and means for uniting in serv-''\ ice, the ends of said throat extensions.

MAGDALENA de 10: E. ENRIQUEZ. 

